Police target tired drivers
8th March 2001, Page 7
8th March 2001
Page 7
Page 7, 8th March 2001
— Police target tired drivers
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Keywords :
Road Transport, Car Safety, Accidents, Motorcycle Safety, Traffic Collision, Fatigue, Disaster / Accident
• Gloucestershire police have launched a crackdown on drivers who break the hours rules.
Operation Enforcer was prompted by a series of serious accidents which involved tired drivers, of foreign trucks in particular; it will focus on the Gloucestershire section of the MS motorway.
Last August driver William Lanham fell asleep at the wheel of a 40-tonner, killing a 51-yearold father of three. He was jailed for three years and banned from driving for10 years.
Gloucestershire police spokesman Dave Avery says: "There have been some very serious road collisions during the past two years involving foreign-registered vehicles, all of which have been a direct result of driver fatigue."